Tag: antibiotics
IIT Roorkee team develops a new technique to reverse antibiotic resistance
The team has shown that the molecule, when used in combination with fluoroquinolones, allows the antibiotic to kill the bacterial cells, thereby effectively tackling the antibiotic resistance problem............
India needs to do more to tackle rising sale of unapproved...
The correspondence published in The Lancet Global Health highlights serious hurdles for controlling antimicrobial resistance in the country............
A new bacterium that could be source of antibiotics identified
Isolated from an open pit limestone mine in the Gulbarga region of Karnataka, the bacterium holds the potential to become a source of antibiotics...........
Experts suggest drastic changes in animal farming practice & regulations to...
A new important study by the CDDEP highlights the projected impacts of a global strategy to reduce antibiotic consumption in food animal production..................
Scientists find natural food preservative from bacteria
As per the studies, BacteriocinCV7 killed disease-causing microbes in food in less than 18 hours even at a low concentration of 1gram per liter........
Clinical trials of antibiotics on children now allowed in India
Drugs Controller General (India) has given approval for conduct of various clinical trials of Antibiotics on children under one year of age........
Punjab’s antibiotic resistant poultry farms have set alarm bells ringing for...
The first of its kind study by the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy warns of potentially disastrous consequences to human health due to use of growth-promoting antibiotics in animal farming..........
Indian startups gear up for Nesta’s Longitudinal Prize to tackle AMR
BIRAC has collaborated with Nesta, a UK based innovation charity organization, for creating a pipeline of innovators for the Longitude Prize, in the area of antimicrobial resistance.............
Researchers find cholesterol link to tackle drug resistance
The scientists at te Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have come out with a finding that the entry of disease-causing microbes into human cells can be cut down significantly by reducing the level of cholesterol.....
WHO updates model list of essential medicines
The expert from Center for Disease Dynamics and Economic and Policy (CDDEP) based in New Delhi also participated in review panel for antibacterials...........